www.washingtontimes.com Topics: Accountability Review Boardhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/accountability-review-board/?utm_medium=RSSwww.washingtontimes.com Topics: Accountability Review Boarden-usThu, 08 Oct 2015 19:16:04 -0400State Department lags on post-Benghazi security reforms for high-risk diplomatic postshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/8/state-department-lags-on-post-benghazi-security-re/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>More than three years after the Benghazi tragedy, the State Department is rejecting one of the recommendations from its internal watchdog to improve security at its high-risk diplomatic posts, and hasn't yet completed other high-priority reforms recommended by independent experts, according to an internal progress memo.</p> <p>In all, three of ...John SolomonThu, 08 Oct 2015 19:16:04 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/oct/8/state-department-lags-on-post-benghazi-security-re/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSState Department security still lacking a year after Benghazi: OIG reporthttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/25/state-department-security-still-lacking-year-after/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>A year after the Benghazi terrorist attacks, the State Department still doesn't have a good handle on managing security risks at foreign diplomatic missions, the department's internal auditor concludes in a report released Wednesday.</p> <p>A "special review" conducted by the State Department's office of inspector general chastises the department for ...Stephen Dinan, Guy Taylor and Stephen Dinan, Guy TaylorWed, 25 Sep 2013 11:52:16 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/25/state-department-security-still-lacking-year-after/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSState Dept.: FBI can't get into Benghazi to arrest suspectshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/18/state-dept-fbi-cant-get-benghazi-arrest-suspects/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Libya will allow reporters in but won't let U.S. law enforcement near Benghazi to arrest those responsible for last year's attacks because the security situation there is too tenuous, a senior State Department official told Congress on Wednesday.</p> <p>Patrick F. Kennedy, under secretary for management at the department, was trying ...Stephen DinanWed, 18 Sep 2013 13:11:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/sep/18/state-dept-fbi-cant-get-benghazi-arrest-suspects/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSHouse GOP issues subpoena in Benghazi investigationhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/house-gop-issues-subpoena-benghazi-investigation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The chairman of the House oversight committee on Friday subpoenaed the senior diplomat who ran the State Department's investigation into the Benghazi attack, saying lawmakers deserve to be able to depose him before he testifies publicly.</p> <p>Rep. Darrell Issa, California Republican, issued the subpoena for Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, who ...Stephen DinanFri, 17 May 2013 15:55:00 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/17/house-gop-issues-subpoena-benghazi-investigation/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBenghazi whistleblower: State Dept. should have interviewed more senior officialshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/8/benghazi-whistleblower-state-dept-should-have-inte/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The State Department-chartered investigation into the deadly terror attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, last year erred in not interviewing more senior officials at the department, a packed hearing of the House oversight committee heard Wednesday.</p> <p>Eric Nordstrom, who was regional security officer for the embassy in ...Shaun WatermanWed, 08 May 2013 11:55:48 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/8/benghazi-whistleblower-state-dept-should-have-inte/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBenghazi investigations included CIA activities; personnel had secret base in Libyan cityhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/2/benghazi-investigations-included-cia-activities/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Raising the stakes in the high-profile clash with congressional Republicans over last year's terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, a person familiar with the State Department-chartered inquiry said investigators talked last year with CIA personnel who were on the ground during the attack and were briefed about ...Guy Taylor, Shaun Waterman and Shaun Waterman, Guy TaylorThu, 02 May 2013 21:49:06 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/may/2/benghazi-investigations-included-cia-activities/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSEmbassy Row: The Seventh Floorhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/28/embassy-row-the-seventh-floor/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is faulting a flawed bureaucratic system for the State Department's failure to blame top U.S. officials for ignoring pleas for more security before the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya.</p> <p>Rep. <strong>Edward R. Royce</strong>, California Republican, claims ...James MorrisonSun, 28 Apr 2013 21:57:07 -0400http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/28/embassy-row-the-seventh-floor/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSDoubts raised on time to reach Benghazihttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/23/doubts-raised-on-time-to-reach-benghazi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Republican critics say the State Department's internal report on the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, does not address questions about the military's actions and how Cabinet officials responded to the assault that night and why they misrepresented it afterward.</p> <p>"They brushed over the fact ...Shaun WatermanSun, 23 Dec 2012 20:32:04 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/23/doubts-raised-on-time-to-reach-benghazi/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSIn Benghazi hearings, GOP criticizes misplaced State prioritieshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/20/state-department-officials-testify-benghazi-report/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Congressional hearings on the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, fell into partisan bickering Thursday, with Democrats blaming the incident on a lack of security funding and Republicans accusing the State Department of misspending the funds it has received.</p> <p>Sen. John F. Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat ...Shaun WatermanThu, 20 Dec 2012 09:47:16 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/20/state-department-officials-testify-benghazi-report/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSLawmakers insisting on justice for Benghazi attack on consulatehttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/19/house-intelligence-chair-rogers-slams-report-bengh/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>Key Republican lawmakers on Wednesday embraced the findings of the State Department's internal inquiry into the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, even though its long-awaited report stopped short of probing questions of an Obama administration cover-up in the attack's aftermath.</p> <p>The report by the ...Guy TaylorWed, 19 Dec 2012 12:12:08 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/19/house-intelligence-chair-rogers-slams-report-bengh/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBenghazi review blames systematic State Department security failureshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/18/benghazi-review-blames-systematic-state-department/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>An independent investigation into the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans concluded that the State Department suffered from "systematic failures" in leadership and security that left the consulate vulnerable to a terrorist attack in the unstable city of Benghazi.</p><p>The report by ...John SolomonTue, 18 Dec 2012 23:41:23 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/18/benghazi-review-blames-systematic-state-department/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSReview board raps State Department for poor security in Benghazihttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/18/review-board-slams-state-benghazi-security-failure/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The mandatory State Department internal inquiry into the deadly Sept. 11 terror attack on a U.S. diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, slams bureaucrats for "grossly inadequate" security but says that poor leadership could not be punished under department regulations.</p> <p>The report blames inadequate security at the mission on "systemic failures ...Shaun WatermanTue, 18 Dec 2012 22:17:17 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/18/review-board-slams-state-benghazi-security-failure/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSBenghazi review finds systematic security faultshttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/18/benghazi-review-finds-systematic-security-faults/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>WASHINGTON (AP) &mdash; An independent panel charged with investigating the deadly Sept. 11 attack in Libya that killed a U.S. ambassador and three other Americans has concluded that systematic management and leadership failures at the State Department led to "grossly" inadequate security at the mission in Benghazi.</p> <p>"Systematic failures and ...Matthew LeeTue, 18 Dec 2012 21:24:22 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/18/benghazi-review-finds-systematic-security-faults/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSRepublicans see key gaps in report on Benghazihttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/17/gop-sees-key-gaps-in-report-on-libya/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The panel investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, delivered its findings Monday to State Department officials, who said the report could be released publicly as early as Wednesday.</p> <p>But Republican lawmakers already have expressed skepticism about the probe's thoroughness and frustration that their ...Shaun WatermanMon, 17 Dec 2012 20:38:04 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/dec/17/gop-sees-key-gaps-in-report-on-libya/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSSState Department review board on Benghazi attack works in secrecyhttp://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/18/state-department-review-board-works-in-secrecy/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS<p>The Accountability Review Board probing the attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is subpoenaing documents and conducting interviews behind a veil of secrecy inside the State Department.</p> <p>Retired Ambassador Thomas R. Pickering, who was tapped by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to lead the board, says it ...Guy TaylorSun, 18 Nov 2012 17:52:05 -0500http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/nov/18/state-department-review-board-works-in-secrecy/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS